Jo shows more zinc and silver for Sabina (August 25, 2008)
Vancouver – While a frustrating delay continues to hang over its Hackett River prefeasibility study, Sabina Silver …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Reserves keep growing at Pallancata
Vancouver – For the second time in five months, International Minerals (IMZ-T, IMZLF-O) and Hochschild Mining (HCHD…
Australia allows Chinalco a 15% Rio Tinto stake
The Australian government has approved a maximum limit of 14.99% holding in the shares of mining giant Rio Tinto PL…
Change at the top for Verena
The promising exploration growth Verena Minerals (VML-T) has shown recently in Brazil will have to be driven by a n…
Baffin Island sparkles for Peregrine Diamonds
It’s not every day that you find diamonds outcropping at surface in the Arctic and some geologists will go a lifeti…
Short Position Report (August 25, 2008)
TSX Short Positions Short positions outs…
High River buys out Russian partner at Prognoz
High River Gold Mines (HRG-T, HRIVF-O) is snapping up the remaining 50% stake in the Prognoz silver project in the Republic of Sakha in Russia, about 444 km north of the capital city of Yakutsk.
BHP Billiton grapples with Olympic Dam expansion
PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA–By the end of this year, BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) will have completed a prefeasibility study for transforming the Olympic Dam copper-uranium-gold mine into a massive open-…
BID-ASK — AUGUST 12-18, 2008
12-MONTH STOCK EXC BID ASK LAST HIGH LO Absolut Res V 0.80 0.98 0.98 1.30 0.001 Afrasia Minl F V 0.26 0.44 0.25 0.45 0.23 Agau Res V 0.17 0.21 0.19 0.55 0.11 …
Indonesia could be tricky for BHP
A battle could be brewing for BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) on a small island in Indonesia, where the company could soon find itself in the sights of environmental groups.
LENDING RATES (August 25, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, Aug 19, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 3.25 Target overnight rate 3.00 Canadian Prime 4.75 U. S. Discount Primary 2.25 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 2.00 U. S. Prime 5…
Linear drills KM61 moly discovery
SITE VISIT ARMSTRONG, ONT.–If there is one character trait that a geologist must have, it is perseverance, and Matt Rees, chief geologist of Linear Metals (LRM-T, LMTCF-O), certainly possesses this…